The entire baseball world was rocked last Monday when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a full report on the results of the Houston Astros’ electronic sign-stealing investigation and revealed the punishment handed down.
Even after all MLB teams were warned by Commissioner Manfred, following the Boston Red Sox Apple watch sign-stealing effort, not to engage in this type of activity in the future, the ‘Stros brazenly made illegal use of camera surveillance and electronic communications to decode pitch selection signs flashed by opposing catchers.
Not since the infamous Black Sox Scandal involving a plan by eight players to rig the outcome of the 1919 World Series has baseball experienced such a significant indignity.